Visas issued at Kuala Lumpur in October 2024
U.S. Embassy, Malaysia. The page of the post has the wait times of Kuala Lumpur.
In October 2024, the post issued 2,172 nonimmigrant visas and 64 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 977,715 nonimmigrant visas in the same month.
The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change.
Therefore, beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.
The Department's words. Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Statistics, Internet Archive copy of . Monthly tables through .
| Visas | Oct 2024 | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 2,172 | 2,596 | 3,178 |
| Immigrant | 64 | 91 | 58 |
Nonimmigrant classes, October 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Oct 2024 | Share | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,619 | 74.5% | 1,882 | 2,481 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 168 | 7.7% | 292 | 132 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 101 | 4.7% | 61 | 118 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 46 | 2.1% | 33 | 30 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 45 | 2.1% | 31 | 32 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 41 | 1.9% | 126 | 75 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 34 | 1.6% | 29 | 45 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 32 | 1.5% | 31 | 174 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 19 | 0.9% | 19 | 24 |
| C4/D3 | Nonimmigrant visa class C4/D3 (no description in the Department's symbol list) | 15 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 14 | 0.6% | 5 | 20 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 9 | 0.4% | 4 | 6 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 5 | 0.2% | 10 | 1 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 5 | 0.2% | 18 | 7 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 3 | 0.1% | 3 | 0 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 5 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 2 | 0.1% | 21 | 6 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 2 | 0.1% | 5 | 2 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 1 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 1 | 0% | 5 | 3 |
| H3 | Trainee | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 1 | 0% | 2 | 2 |
Immigrant classes, October 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Oct 2024 | Share | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 17 | 26.6% | 19 | 8 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 9 | 14.1% | 9 | 5 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 8 | 12.5% | 15 | 0 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 8 | 12.5% | 3 | 10 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 6 | 9.4% | 5 | 2 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 5 | 7.8% | 4 | 9 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 4 | 6.3% | 0 | 0 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 2 | 3.1% | 0 | 0 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 2 | 3.1% | 1 | 0 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 2 | 3.1% | 0 | 0 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 1 | 1.6% | 22 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of October 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 3 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Kuala Lumpur lists every month. The page of October 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: -16%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, October 2024. Report an error.